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- From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
- Subject: Re: Put A4000 motherboard in IBm tower case??
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.170158.27346@ra.msstate.edu>
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- Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <1993Jan27.152651.1@oread.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:01:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.152651.1@oread.cc.ukans.edu> dseaman@oread.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >Has anyone tried to put an a4000 motherboard, etc.. into a tower case?
- >I am planning to get a a4000/030 when they come out, and I would
- >really like to put it into a tower case. What kind of mods are needed?
- >I am handy with a soldering iron...
- >
- >All comments, suggestions welcome.
-
- I've thought about doing something like this also, if only to get rid of
- the butt-ugly stock case. :-) You might have to drill new holes in the
- case to match those on the motherboard, and it might be tough to line-up
- the openings for the expansion boards. Also, most Clone cases have a
- keyboard port and maybe a couple of other openings for connectors, but
- none of are likely to line up with the A4000's ports. Also, the mouse
- ports are on the left side of the machine and would be on the bottom of
- most tower cases. Depending on where the motherboard is mounted, you
- may or may not have enough clearance. The power supply, fan, drive bays,
- and that sort of thing should be no problem, but you will need extra-long
- cables for the mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc.
-
- I'd love to have a different case for my A4000 and may try it myself at
- some point. When you get your A4000, if you put it into another case,
- please write again and tell us about it.
-
- >Derek
- >--
- >DSeaman@Oread.cc.ukans.edu
- >Derek Seaman
-
- Skip Sauls, Amiga Advocate
- skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu
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